Collaborative dietetic and psychological care in Interprofessional Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for adults with Anorexia Nervosa: a novel treatment approach.

ABSTRACT: Clinical practice guidelines for anorexia nervosa (AN) and atypical anorexia nervosa recommend treatment from a team including a mental health professional and a dietitian. To date, however, AN treatment models such as Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E) seldom include dietitians and have low to moderate treatment efficacy. Given interprofessional approaches to healthcare have been shown to improve treatment outcomes and enhance patient and clinician satisfaction, formalising collaborative dietetic and psychological treatment may be a feasible strategy to improve treatment outcomes and the patient and clinician experience of treatment. Moreover, malnutrition is a serious consequence of AN, and dietitians are considered experts in its diagnosis and treatment. This paper proposes a

SUBMITTER: Bray M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9972764 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature